The Department of Higher Education requires students entering a Massachusetts public institution to take the Accuplacer examination, developed by the College Board. The purpose of the Accuplacer exam is to provide the student and institution with useful information about your academic skills in math, computers, and reading, which is referred to as competencies and part of the general education core requirements at Salem State.
New first-year students will take the Accuplacer Quantitive Reasoning Algebra and Statistics exam during orientation. Therefore they should not make prior testing appointments until after orientation (if necessary). The Reading Accuplacer should be taken in CAAR before reaching 30 credits at Salem State.
If you do not satisfy your competencies within 30 credits at Salem State, a competency hold will be placed on your account preventing you from registering for future semesters.
Please visit the Student Testing webpage for additional information.
If you require testing accommodations, please call 978.542.6217 to speak to a staff member in the Center for Accessible Academic Resources.
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Center for Accessible Academic Resources (CAAR)
caar@salemstate.edu
978.542.6217
Hours: Monday-Friday 8 am- 5pm
Walk in testing hours are from 9 am-4 pm in CAAR with the last test beginning no later than 3 pm.